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how to format an external drive that is not recognized
First, be sure to reformat it with Disk Utility, not with one of those formatting apps that often come with new disks. (I would trash it.) I would format the disk with the same format that you are using for your HD.
First, be sure to reformat it with Disk Utility, not with one of those formatting apps that often come with new disks. (I would trash it.) I would format the disk with the same format that you are using for your HD.
Good advice from the previous respondent.
When you did as instructed in the referring article what happened? Did it not work? What error messages did you get?
external hard drive not recognized
